Principal Product Manager

Job Description Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace. Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We're backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. About You - You are a developer at heart and excited about rethinking Software Delivery - You are a hands-on product owner driven by data and research - You are a creative and passionate problem solver - You are able to think big while charting small steps towards the end goal - You are obsessed with customer research and design thinking - You can bring qualitative and quantitative insights together to drive sound decision making - You are obsessed with the little details and constantly optimizing for simplicity & impact The Job Harness is seeking a Principal Product Manager to drive critical capabilities in our CI/CD solution , enhancing our position as the leading Software Delivery Platform for millions of developers. In this role, you will own technical, end-to-end product initiativesfrom identifying user needs and defining requirements to overseeing development and ensuring successful delivery. You'll work closely with engineering teams to guide product development, ensuring technical feasibility and high-quality execution while collaborating across departments to foster innovation and efficiently solve complex software delivery challenges. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role, with a strong focus on technical execution. You will partner directly with engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions that address real-world challenges in software delivery, driving tangible improvements in the development process About The Role - The successful candidate will partner with customers, sales and product teams to define and build impactful Platform capabilities - Be data-driven - Be hands-on and excited to dive in with Engineering, including building some quick automations, write queries and more - Partner with Developer Relations Eng and Developer Advocacy teams to contribute to both internal and external content, to help drive Harness Platform adoption - Write and manage detailed technical product requirements and specifications that can be directly utilized by engineering teams to implement features efficiently. - Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure technical feasibility and the timely delivery of high-quality features. - Engage with customers, developers, and internal stakeholders to gather requirements, address pain points, and drive continuous product improvement. - Use data and insights to drive both strategic product decisions and day-to-day execution, balancing short-term needs with long-term innovation. - Contribute to product roadmap development by identifying and prioritizing new features and improvements based on customer feedback, technical considerations, and business goals. - Work alongside Developer Relations and Marketing to create content that drives adoption and educates users on new features and capabilities. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Developer Relations, Marketing, and other teams to create both internal enablement resources and external content that drive adoption and educate users on new features and capabilities. Requirements Must have - 7 years of experience in Engineering / Software Development - 3+ years of experience in product management with SaaS / Cloud companies - Experience with Identity and Access Management, Secret Management is desired Experience with DevOps / Developer Tools - Experience in open source - Strong analytical skills and data-driven product decision-making mindset - Strong communication skills, verbal and written Harness In The News - Harness AI Tackles Software Development's Real Bottleneck - After Vibe Coding Comes Vibe Testing (Almost) - Startup Within a Startup: Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness) - Jyoti Bansal, Harness | theCUBEd Awards - Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco, Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger - Harness snags Split.io, as it goes all in on feature flags and experiments - Exclusive: Jyoti Bansal-led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financing All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations. 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